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Todd Akin
232,276 votes
62.3%
William C. "Bill" Haas
 
132,068 votes
35.4%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: attorney/educator
 - Harvard Law School
 - 20 years of corporate law practice
 - 9 years Professor of Law, Business and Government
  
Priorities:
- Middle-class tax cut, jobs and the economy
 - Health-care/Insurance coverage for all, starting with children and adults over 55
 - Making nursing homes and assisted living facilities affordable, accessible, safe and secure
  
Thomas L. "Tom" Knapp
 
8,628 votes
2.3%
- Party: Libertarian
 - Occupation: Writer, editor and publisher
 - Local Board Member, Selective Service System, 2004-present
 - US Marine Corps Reserve, 1984-95
  
Priorities:
- Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
 - Bottom-up tax cuts, a FICA "floor," eventual elimination of the income tax
 - Restoration of civil liberties
  
  
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- The League of Women Voters of St. Louis and the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE).are co-sponsoring a candidate forum for candidates running for Congressional Districts 1, 2, and 3 in the November General Election.  The forum will be held on Monday, October 20, 2008, at the Kirkwood United Methodist Church, 201 W. Adams in Kirkwood, 63122, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
  
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